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Responding to prime minister Sir Keir Starmer’s speech on reshaping the state, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:
“Taxpayers will be sceptical about the prime minister's rude awakening to the urgent need to reform the state, given he’s spent his time in office handing inflation-busting pay rises to Whitehall pen pushers while setting up a litany of new quangos.
“And with Starmer using much of his speech to reiterate his belief in the power of government, there will rightly be concerns about the sincerity of this apparent damascene conversion, even if the abolition of NHS England suggests a willingness to make big decisions.
“Starmer needs to ensure that his attempt to reshape the state does not end with a speech, and that these plans genuinely end unnecessary duplication while freeing up cash for frontline services and targeted tax cuts.”
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